Pygmalion
By G.B. Shaw
Directed by Peter Hall
The Old Vic Theatre
Running until 9 Aug 08
Last Sunday I went to the Old Vic to see Peter Hall’s production of Pygmalion.
I confess that this is the first time I have seen Shaw’s play, as I have always refused to watch the more popular musical version My Fair Lady. [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Review of ‘Pygmalion’
Posted in 1, tagged G.B. Shaw, Old Vic Theatre, Peter Hall, Pygmalion on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Review of ‘Checkhov’s Farces’
Posted in 1, tagged Act Provocateur, Chekhov, Kentish Town, Lion & Unicorn Theatre on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chekhov’s Farces
By Anton Chekhov
Produced by Act Provocateur Int., www.actprovocateur.net
Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town
2 May – 25 May
Act Provacateur presents Chekhov’s less famous one-act farces and short stories. Chekhov used to describe them as vaudevilles and regarded them as mundane, written only for lucrative purposes. Their comic element appeals to a more [...]
Review of ‘Breathing Corpses’
Posted in 1, tagged Breathing corpses, Hen and chickens theatre, Islington, Theatre on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Breathing Corpses
The Hen & Chickens Theatre
109 St Pauls Road
Islington
N1 2NA
When you first walk into the Hen and Chickens you find yourself in a cute little pub where you can order reasonably priced food, although the drinks are a bit on the pricey side. To the left of the bar and up the stairs is the [...]
Cortizone – Selling Out For The Sucker
Posted in 1, tagged Cortizone - Selling Out For The Sucker on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Artist: Cortizone
Album: Selling Out For The Sucker
Label: Intonation Recordings
Rating: 9
Reviewer: David Houssein
Cover Picture:
Band Contact: http://www.myspace.com/cortizonerock
Track listing:
Stay Home
Cold
Uniform My Way
Get Up
Feed Your Pistol
Spineless
Jesus Come Up
Smell The Scene
Deeper Creature
White Trash
Isolated
Heavy
I like to pride myself for having vast musical knowledge based on my monster CD collection, seven years writing experience and being a musician [albeit a very [...]
Review of ‘Oleanna’
Posted in 1, tagged David Mamet, Oleanna, political correctness, review, Tower theatre on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Oleanna
By David Mamet
Produced by Tower Theatre
http://www.towertheatre.org.uk/
Theatro Technis, 26 Crowndale Rd, NW1
Tuesday 6 May – Saturday 10 May
Oleanna is David Mamet’s output on the new politically correct code of speech and behaviour introduced in American Universities in the early 1980’s.
It is a two man show inspired by the playwright’s concern upon the issues and complications, [...]
A Picture of Alchemy
Posted in 1 on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Liza Adebisi
1 May 2008
A Picture of Alchemy
By Michael Mallon
Resister Theatre
22 April – 11 May 2008
The Etcetera Theatre
265 Camden High Street
London, NW1 7BU
The Etcetera is a cosy room located on top of the Oxford Arms in the centre of Camden Town.
Yesterday I watched a cast of five actors perform to an audience of five people, [...]
5ive – Hesperus
Posted in 1, tagged 5ive Hesperus on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Artist: 5ive
Album: Hesperus
Label: Tortuga
Rating: 9.5
Reviewer: David Houssein
Cover Picture:
Band Contact: http://www.myspace.com/thereal5ive
Track listing:
1. Gulls
2. Big Sea
3. Kettle Cove
4. Heel
5. Polar 70
6. News I
7. News II
I first heard 5ive shortly after the release of their second full length ‘The Telestic Disfracture’ and it must be said that I was baffled, excited and bedazzled in equal measures. Many [...]
